Saturday 23 February 1889 at Dudley Road (Att 4,000)

Wolves (1) 2 (Wood 13, Knight 90): Rose, Baugh, Mason, Cannon, Allen, Dudley, Hunter, Wykes, Cooper, Wood, Knight.
Notts County (0) 1 (Jackson 88): Widdowson, McLean, Clements, Brown, Emmitt, A Shelton, Hodder, Jardine, Jackson, Holland, E May.

Referee: Mr T Bryan (Birmingham).
Order of Goals: W,n,W.
Landmark: Bob Dudley makes his League debut.
Goalkeeper: Notts County’s inside forward John Holland was in fact normally a goalkeeper.
International: Albert Fletcher and Arthur Lowder missed the match as they were both on England duty. Jack Brodie was representing the Birmingham F.A. versus Dunbartonshire.
Position: 3rd.